All over this country these fights are growing and the people on either side of these issues are getting more media time. If you have been reading my blog you know I am a strong advocate for the opening or keeping open the ability for all registered voters to take part in our electoral process and the ability for anyone who wants to run having the ability to get on the ballot.
On Ballot Access News this issue had one of the largest number of comments.
On The Hankster Harry Kresky, Counsel to IndependentVoting.org, wrote this response to Ballot Access News.
On February 12, 2011, IndependentVoting.org is sponsoring a FREE National Conference of Independents in New York City to discuss Can Independents Reform America? and there will be sessions about the Open Primary issue. Please attend so I can meet and discuss these issues with you.
One issue that is starting to get traction is how to pay for closed primaries. If a party wants to have a closed primary should the state pay for it with tax dollars from all residents? If this were to happen, how would you construct the law change?
My answer to this is Open Primary/Top Two and remove the problem.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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4 comments:
Does IndependentVoting consider members of minor parties to be "independents?"
Because NY is a strong two party state with closed primaries, we do count minor parties, and independents or "Blank" as the state counts them. Adding these together the total active independent voters would be around 2,708,752.
Notice that Kresky didn't respond to Richard or I. Typical... CUIP folks might disagree on this issue, but its sad how so very staying on talking points they are. People have been asking them similar questions for the better part of a year or more, and they've yet to answer them. They even have the audacity to tell us that its not about Ballot Access, as if they have the almighty power of deciding what it REALLY is about to others.
Solomon Kleinsmith
Rise of the Center
I think there is two issues here. Ballot Access is an issue about candidates getting on the ballot. Open Primaries is about how all the voters can make their choice for a candidate.
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